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Port Bruce Gravel Road Company
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives133515
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1880
- Accession Number
- 2014-32
- Storage Location
- Box 203, File 54
- R10 S5 Sh2 B5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2014-32
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- Box 203, File 54
- R10 S5 Sh2 B5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1880
- Physical Description
- 10 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Ten-page note by Thomas Thompson, dated after July, 1880, concerning the Port Bruce Gravel Road Company.
- Name Access
- Port Bruce (Ont.)
Toll Gate on the London and Port Stanley Road, near St. Thomas
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives114357
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1890
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh1 B1 F7
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- A-7
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh1 B1 F7
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1890
- Publication
- Published in Vignettes of Early St. Thomas, plate 9.
- Scope and Content
- Toll Gate on the London and Port Stanley Road, near St. Thomas, ca. 1890. Ceased to operate as a toll gate in 1906 when road tolls were abolished province-wide. The last toll keeper was named Bellows. Relocated to Talbotville ca. 1920 where in 2011 it continues in use as a private residence. Image appears in the Union Meeting, Canadian Divisions Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Souvenir booklet, 1906. Image appears in the I.O.O.F., St. Thomas Grand Lodge Meeting souvenir booklet, 1908. File includes:
- glass-plate negative
- glass lantern slide
- photograph print
Images
Poster, "Tolls on Port Bruce and Aylmer Gravel Road!", August 8, 1864 (two copies).
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives126700
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1864
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B2 F13
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B2 F13
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1864
- Scope and Content
- "By-Law (no. 113) to impose and fix the tolls to be paid at the several toll-gates on the Port Bruce and Aylmer Gravel Road... T.M. Nairn, Reeve"
- Name Access
- Elgin (Ont.: County)
- Port Bruce (Ont.)
- Aylmer (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Tolls
A typed list of annual rentals of toll gates (toll prices) on the London and Port Stanley Road in the 1850s. It describes the road being offered for sale by the County in 1857.
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives126620
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1860
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F6
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1860
- Scope and Content
- Describes the road being offered for sale by the County in 1857.
- Name Access
- London (Ont.)
- Port Stanley (Ont.)
Toll Gate on the London Road
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives183160
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Public Library Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1906
- Accession Number
- 2018-07
- Storage Location
- M2 S1 Sh1 B1 F2 115
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2018-07
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M2 S1 Sh1 B1 F2 115
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1906
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Toll Gate on the London and Port Stanley Road, near St. Thomas, ca. 1890. Ceased to operate as a toll gate in 1906 when road tolls were abolished province-wide. The last toll keeper was named Bellows. Relocated to Talbotville ca. 1920 where in 2011 it continues in use as a private residence. Image appears in the Union Meeting, Canadian Divisions Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Souvenir booklet, 1906. Image appears in the I.O.O.F., St. Thomas Grand Lodge Meeting souvenir booklet, 1908.
- (Image is similar to Cameron Collection image number A-7).
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St. Thomas and Aylmer Gravel Road Company - 1859
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives6382
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-7
- Storage Location
- Box 50, File 3
- R5 S5 Sh2 B2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-7
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 50, File 3
- R5 S5 Sh2 B2
- Scope and Content
- George E. Thorman Papers
- - documents concerning the founding of the St. Thomas and Aylmer Gravel Road Company, May 20, 1859
- - photocopies
St. Thomas and Aylmer Gravel Road Company 1859-1883
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives5922
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-7
- Storage Location
- Box 3, File 2
- R4 S6 Sh1 B1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-7
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 3, File 2
- R4 S6 Sh1 B1
- Scope and Content
- - on cover of book "St. Thomas and Aylmer Gravel Road Company Procedure Book"
- - contains minutes April 23, 1859 to June 25, 1860
- - book also has a record of the sale and transfer of stock, 1860-1883
- - also one page recording the receipts from toll gates 1860
- - company formed under the authority of 16 Victoria Cap 190
- - first meeting was in Brower's Hotel in the Township of Yarmouth, April 23, 1859
- "Moved by William Brower Seconded by Moses Hughes.
- That a Company be formed under the Name Style or title of the St. Thomas and Aylmer Gravel Road Company for the purpose of constructing a Gravel Road along and over Talbot Road (Easterly) From the Village of St. Thomas to the Village of Aylmer in the Township of Malahide and County of Elgin"
- -A Debenture issued by the Province of Ontario for the Purchase of the Stock of the St. Thomas and Aylmer Gravel Company, by the Corporation of the Township of Yarmouth, 1883
St. Thomas and Aylmer Gravel Road Company 1859-1883
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives5923
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-7
- Storage Location
- Box 3, File 3
- R4 S6 Sh1 B1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-7
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 3, File 3
- R4 S6 Sh1 B1
- Scope and Content
- - "Entries of Stock Paid by the Stock Holders of the St. Thomas and Aylmer Gravel Road" Company 1859-1860
- - gives list of stockholders
- - another list of stockholders dated 1874, another 1875, another 1883
- - records dividends paid and amount received from toll gates 1860-1861
Toll Gate, Port Stanley
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives152243
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1895
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh3 B2 F44
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- P-44
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh3 B2 F44
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1895
- Scope and Content
- Shows the toll gate on the London and Port Stanley Road, just north of Port Stanley, known as Robert Hepburn's toll gate, just north of the junction of Highway 4 and County Road 23, looking north (the gate was on the east side of the road) - the man shown may be Robert Hepburn, Agnes Hepburn's grandfather. File includes:
- glass-plate negative (composite image - also includes, top, the toll gate at the Catholic Church cemetery (now Holy Angels Cemetery, St. Thomas) looking north (the gate was on the west side of the road).
- glass lantern slide
- Name Access
- Port Stanley (Ont.)
- London and Port Stanley Toll Road
- London and Port Stanley Gravel Road
- Subject Access
- Tolls
Images
London and Port Stanley Toll Road in the County of Elgin. History of the Road
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives4729
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-7
- Storage Location
- Box 45, File 34
- R5 S6 Sh6 B3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-7
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 45, File 34
- R5 S6 Sh6 B3
- Scope and Content
- George E. Thorman Papers
- - "London and Port Stanley Toll Road in the County of Elgin. History of the Road"
- - pamphlet printed by Elgin County Council in 1909 summarizing the history of the road and what County Council had done to take it over
“London and Port Stanley Toll Road in the County of Elgin: History of the Road (West End Entrance), 1822-1909”.
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives126587
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1920
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1920
- Scope and Content
- London and Port Stanley Toll Road in the County of Elgin.
- Name Access
- London (Ont.)
- Port Stanley (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Transportation
Ingersoll & Port Burwell Road Company- 1849; Bayham and Port Burwell Road Company, 1954: History and Comments
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives4232
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Location
- Box 24, File 50
- R5 S6 Sh3 B3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 24, File 50
- R5 S6 Sh3 B3
- Scope and Content
- -2 booklet describing the history and stock holders of the Ingersoll & Port Burwell Road Company, 1849; and Bayham Richmond and Port Burwell Road Company, 1854.
London and Port Stanley Toll Road 1856-1906
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives3579
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-2
- Storage Location
- Box 63, File 1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-2
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 63, File 1
- Scope and Content
- London and Port Stanley Gravel Road#http://London and Port Stanley Gravel Road#
- Correspondence and Documents Concerning the Following Subjects:
- - By-Laws, Reports, Indentures re: Settlement of London and Port Stanley Toll
- Road
- - 1856, 1857, 1862, 1905, 1906
- - balance sheet from the 1850's,
- - material concerning the purchase of the London and Port Stanley Toll Road
- - small card in file "Auction of Toll Gates 1854 Poster" - poster probably removed from the file, most likely at the Regional Collection
- ByLaw No 37, ByLaw No 689, ByLaw No. 685A, ByLaw No 683 transferred to County Clerk's Office September 13, 1999, these were original copies
"London and Port Stanley Toll Road in the County of Elgin"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1286
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Storage Location
- REF 11
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Library Catalogue Number
- LH 971.334 LON
- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
- Storage Location
- REF 11
- GMD
- textual records
- Subject Access
- Roads and Highways
Toll gates on London and Port Stanley Road
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives114380
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1895
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh1 B1 F30
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- A-23
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh1 B1 F30
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1895
- Publication
- Published in the Bygone Days section of the St. Thomas Times-Journal and on the Archives' flickr site: May 16, 2013.
- Scope and Content
- Composite image showing three toll gates on London and Port Stanley Road, ca. 1890s. Ceased to operate as toll gates when toll gates were abolished provincially in 1906. Top image shows the toll gate located on the west side of the road just south of the present-day intersection of Highway 4 and Wellington Road and just north of the present-day Church of the Redeemer on Sunset Drive, St. Thomas. Centre image shows the toll gate at the Catholic Church cemetery (now Holy Angels Cemetery, St. Thomas) looking north (the gate was on the west side of the road). Bottom image shows the toll gate known as Robert Hepburn's toll gate, just north of the junction of Highway 4 and County Road 23, looking north (the gate was on the east side of the road) - the man shown may be Robert Hepburn, Agnes Hepburn's grandfather. File includes:
- glass-plate negative
- glass lantern slide (shows centre image only)
- photograph print
Images
Gravel Road Company Petition, 1861
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives123685
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1860
- Accession Number
- 99-2
- Storage Location
- Box 2, File 4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- 48
- Accession Number
- 99-2
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 2, File 4
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1860
- Scope and Content
- - Part of Correspondence and Documents Filed By The Elgin County Clerk 1861 - Petition from stakeholders in the St. Thomas and Aylmer Gravel Road Company for the county to pass a by-law extending their charter to provide enough time to complete the gravel road from St. Thomas to Aylmer. - Dated at St. Thomas, 7 November 1860
Toll Gate
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives140939
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- South Yarmouth Women's Institute fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- N.D.
- Accession Number
- 2007-07
- Storage Location
- R6 S1 Sh5 B4 F1 65
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2007-07
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R6 S1 Sh5 B4 F1 65
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- N.D.
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph of one of the toll gates on the old Gravel Road, included in the South Yarmouth Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History, Volume Two, page 65.
- Subject Access
- Tweedsmuir Histories
- Website / Street View Notes
- Link directs to the source information for this image, from the Tweedsmuir book.
Websites
Images
Henry Roe Photograph Album - London and Port Stanley Gravel Road
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives187592
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Don Cosens Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1900
- Accession Number
- 2018-58
- Storage Location
- M5 S1 Sh2 B3 F1 70
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Don Cosens Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2018-58
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M5 S1 Sh2 B3 F1 70
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1900
- Publication
- October 1, 2010: Posted to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- A black and white photograph of a horse and carriage on the London and Port Stanley Gravel Road (later Sunset Drive), with the caption: " 'Old Blucher' P' Stanley Gravel Road". Photograph is part of an album compiled by Henry Roe.
- Name Access
- Roe, Henry
- Subject Access
- Photography
Images
London and Port Stanley Gravel Road
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives3620
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-2
- Storage Location
- Box 78, File 5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-2
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 78, File 5
- Scope and Content
- Correspondence and Documents Concerning the Following Subjects:
- - "In the High Court of Justice. Payne vs. Caughell"
- - typed copy, appears to be the reasons for a judgement concerning the London
- and Port Stanley Gravel Road, not dated and not signed
- - two copies, one is regular black typewritten form, second is blue, perhaps a carbon
London and Port Stanley Gravel Road 1850
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives3623
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-2
- Storage Location
- Box 78, File 8
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-2
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 78, File 8
- Scope and Content
- Correspondence and Documents Concerning the Following Subjects:
- - "Copy of a Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Executive Council, dated
- 26th September 1850 approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council
- on the same day."
- - recommends that the Government of Canada sell the London and Port Stanley
- Gravel Road and another road to Middlesex County for the sum of 4500 pounds